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Amazon has
Apple Mac Mini Desktop Computer w/ M2 Chip (2023 Model, MMFJ3LL/A) on sale for
$499.
Shipping is free.
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Apple Mac Mini Desktop Computer w/ M2 Chip (2023 Model, MMFJ3LL/A) on sale for
$499.
Shipping is free.
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Product Features:
- Apple M2 Octa-Core Processor
- 10-Core Integrated GPU
- 8GB Unified Memory
- 256GB Integrated NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
- Ports:
- 2x USB Type-A
- 2x Thunderbolt 4
- 1x HDMI
- 1x Headphone Jack
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
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Unless you really need a Mac, I'd go with the above. Much better machine for almost the same price. You can the same specs from other manufacturers for even less, but Minisforum is a well known brand in the mini PC scene.
https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM...B0
Edit: As another user kindly pointed out, the Minisforum PC I listed above is just $506 with coupon now. absolutely insane deal for so much power in such a small package.
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I've been in IT for 25 years and while Windows machines don't play nice with 8GB, this is a completely new architecture in terms of hardware and software. I was pretty sure that I would regret my purchase due to all the naysayers - and was ready to return the machine if the 8GB proved to be too constricting, but it never has - at least my in own use case.
Oh, wait, I've never had an issue with it.
It's pegging close to 8GB but runs ok since I am just running chrome, telegram and discord most of the time while on the go.
can't beat this thing for $120 total cost! It is a superb machine for something to keep in the trunk next to my Macbook Air.
It's pegging close to 8GB but runs ok since I am just running chrome, telegram and discord most of the time while on the go.
can't beat this thing for $120 total cost! It is a superb machine for something to keep in the trunk next to my Macbook Air.
yep, great deals every week. don't think i would keep it in the trunk of a car as it may be tooooo hot.
i upgraded my Latitude with more ram and duplicated the C drive as a backup, cheap SSD's seem to work fine.
sure with the Fruit Company had great upgrade able laptops like Dell, a lot of them have soldered in ram and SSD....deal breaker me thinks. groan.
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If you plan on do heavy video editing, gaming, or other RAM-heavy applications, this IS NOT the target configuration for your needs.
Funny I never liked using an iPad even with a keyboard as I used my Pro Max phone most of the time and iPad is too limited for me as I would just prefer a laptop
Now with 7200 2-in-1 I can do a lot and it's under 1.87lbs (0.8 less than M2 Air) so I may make this my casual carry if I can live with it. I won't even bring the keyboard, the onscreen keyboard with Windows 11 OS is plenty enough for an hour of use here and there.
I like a laptop because I do need to use Chrome with various extensions so only a macos or windows will work as ipad/iphone chrome does not support extensions.
battery life sucks at just 3 hours for some reason even at 100% charged (85% original battery capacity).
as for heat, it's fine in the heat. When I use it it will be cooled down pretty quick in AC somewhere anyway. I don't think computers cares to be in the heat these days since internals can get 140 degrees easily.
Not gonna lie I've been browsing refurb and giving people some ideas for Kid's gifts as $100-$200 for a quad core 1080p computer is just great. They may think it's "old" to buy but they'll love it when they realize it's powerful enough for their mindcraft , discord and homework needs.
i upgraded my Latitude with more ram and duplicated the C drive as a backup, cheap SSD's seem to work fine.
sure with the Fruit Company had great upgrade able laptops like Dell, a lot of them have soldered in ram and SSD....deal breaker me thinks. groan.
1 buy a base M1 mini.
2 buy an upgraded M2 mini with 512MB storage.
Why? The M2 base has only one chip of storage unless you upgrade whereas the M1 base has two chips of storage. The result is the storage on the base M2 is half the speed of the base M1. This is important to your user experience. Especially in the 8GB ram versions where some of your storage will likely be used as additional ram depending on how you use your machine.
And "thin and light" would suggest not powerful enough on x86 chips that's can't possibly process all that data efficiently.
Even fastest Apple computers is extremely unlikely to process that much data on the go.
8TB is 180 hours of 4k footage. I'm sure they won't edit 177 hours of 4k footage on the "thin" and light laptop.
Not to mention data lost risk of 8TB of data.
I've been in IT for 25 years and while Windows machines don't play nice with 8GB, this is a completely new architecture in terms of hardware and software. I was pretty sure that I would regret my purchase due to all the naysayers - and was ready to return the machine if the 8GB proved to be too constricting, but it never has - at least my in own use case.
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